Name That Composer
This composer went deaf near the end of his life, yet was able to compose one of the most well known works today.
Who was Beethoven?
This is a person who writes music for a living.
What is a composer?
This genre is known as the modern day Opera.
What is Broadway?
Music was used in and out of this key location.
What is the church?
This term means to adjust to new situations.
What is adapt?
This composer was the first to combine Orchestra and Choir for the first time.
Who was J.S. Bach?
This type of music is separated into four different sections with different themes.
What is a symphony?
Congress attempted to do this to Rap music.
What is censor?
This group was the difference between success and failure for Tchaikovsky.
What is the Russian Five?
(the Five also counts as an answer)
This person created what is now known as Gregorian chant.
Who is Pope Gregory I?
This composers based some of his well known works off of childhood stories, and his final piece included live cannons in the orchestration.
Who was Tchaikovsky?
This term means talking with a melody.
What is recitative?
These types of genres were used in Broadway shows.
What is Pop, Rock, Rap/Hip-Hop and Jazz?
(can be in any order) (minimum of 2 for points)
This composer was not responsible with their money/life choices and had to create music quickly to compensate.
Who was W. A. Mozart?
This topic was NOT discussed in the musical "West Side Story" by Leonard Bernstein.
What is Police Brutality?
This composer was rejected from being a public school teacher, but went on to be the first Black female composer to have their work premiered by an orchestra.
Who was Florence Price?
This term refers to the merging of two different musical styles together to create a new genre.
What is fusion?
This show was considered controversial for its time due to having black and white performers on the stage at the same time.
What is Showboat?
In the Rap community, there were tensions between these two factions.
What is East Coast and West Coast?
(can be in any order)
This is the major difference between Opera and Musicals.
What is recitative/spoken-word?
Recitative is in opera; Spoken-word is in musicals.
This composer created the musical "West Side Story" and incorporated different genres of music into their work.
Who was Leonard Bernstein?
Someone who is this term is able to overcome difficult situations quickly.
What is resilient?
This TV show was one of the main reasons that Rap was put into the mainstream of music.
What is Yo! MTV Raps?
Violent confrontations would happen at these events for rappers.
What is award shows?
The Renaissance period helped make advancements for these three areas.
What is Music, Art, and Science?
(can be in any order)